The Hawaiian Surf Club of San Onofre presented its 23rd annual Polynesian Festival on Saturday outside the San Clemente Community Center, with live music, dance demonstrations, vendor booths with island-inspired art, jewelry and clothing, and more. In the evening, the festival moved indoors for a luau and dance show.

Hula Connection dancers Coco Keiki, Jillian Carter and Sadie Rose Palmer get ready to perform at the Polynesian Festival in San Clemente. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Hudson Byrne, 8, of Dana Point shows his Saturday treat of Hawaiian shave ice. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Kirra Manuel, 3, of Costa Mesa gets a hand with her grass skirt from San Clemente resident Micah Magtoto, 17, on Saturday morning at the Polynesian Festival in San Clemente. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Dancers from San Clemente's Hula Connection line up before performing at Saturday's Polynesian Festival. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Uncle Harry plays at the Polynesian Festival at the San Clemente Community Center. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Kirra Manuel, 3, shows off some hula moves Saturday. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Dina Gilio-Whitaker of San Clemente dances with Hula Connection at San Clemente's Polynesian Festival. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
San Clemente's Kaili Arntson, 8, came out to hula-dance, accompanied by her parents, Ann and Tom. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Jordan Schmitz, 21, of San Clemente plays a conch shell as a signal for hula dancers to take the stage at Saturday's Polynesian Festival in San Clemente. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Taegin Johnson ends her hula dance with a flourish. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Vendors at the Polynesian Festival offered art, jewelry, clothing, furniture and more. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Kaili Arntson, 8, of San Clemente dances with Hula Connection at Saturday's Polynesian Festival. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Danny Enriquez of Whittier holds a fishhook pendant he was offering Saturday for about $165 at the Poynesian Festival in San Clemente. He said it was carved in Hawaii in fossil ivory from a walrus. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Nick Reynoso, 13, of San Clemente gets information on ukuleles from Encinitas resident Gary Young of Island Ukuleles. Reynoso said he started playing about a year ago. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Persia sits in the shade of an umbrella on the lap of her owner, Jodie Payne of San Juan Capistrano. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER
Hula Connection dancers Ann Arntson and Lianne Pfister dance Saturday morning at the Polynesian Festival at the San Clemente Community Center. DAVID BRO, FOR THE REGISTER

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